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Publications


TitleAuthorJournal / ConferenceVolume
2019
The Use of Ontology in Retrieval: A Study on Textual, Multilingual and Multimedia Retrieval M. Nabeel Asim, M. Wasim, M. Usman Ghani Khan, Nasir Mahmood, Waqar Mehmood IEEE Access ---
2018
A survey of ontology learning techniques and applications Muhammad Nabeel Asim, Muhammad Wasim, Muhammad Usman Ghani Khan, Waqar Mahmood, Hafiza Mahnoor Abbasi The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation 2018
Improved biomedical term selection in pseudo relevance feedback Muhammad Nabeel Asim, Muhammad Wasim, Usman Ghani, Waqar Mahmood Database The Journal of Biological Databases and Curation 2018
Multi-Label Question Classification for Factoid and List Type Questions in Biomedical Question Answering Muhamamd Wasim; Waqar Mahmood; Muhammad Nabeel Asim; Muhamamd Usman Ghani Khan IEEE Access 7
Enhanced Biomedical Retrieval Using Discriminative Term Selection for Pseudo Relevance Feedback M. Wasim, M. Usman Ghani Khan, Waqar Mehmood Journal of Biomedical Imaging and Health Informatics June 2018.
2017
Energy Efficient Context Aware Traffic Scheduling for IoT Applications Bilal Afzal, Sheeraz A. Alvi, Ghalib A. Shah, Waqar Mehmood Elsevier Adhoc Networks Vol. 62, pp. 101-115, July
A Survey of Datasets for Biomedical Question Answering Systems Muhammad WasimDr. Waqar MahmoodDr. Usman Ghani Khan The Science and Information (SAI) Organization 8
2016
A novel design of stove for cooking integrated with CSP system Arshad Munir Kazmi, Sana Ullah Khan, Muhammad Asjad Zulfiqar, Samreen Khan, ZulfiqarAli, Waqar Mehmood Pakistan Patent (IPO) 487/2016 --
Integrated black body absorber of sun light for pre heating Arshad Munir Kazmi, Sana Ullah Khan, Muhammad Asjad Zulfiqar, Samreen Khan, ZulfiqarAli, Waqar Mehmood Pakistan Patent (IPO) 488/2016 --
Design and simulation of parabolic dish solar thermal cooker Arshad Munir Kazmi, Sana Ullah Khan, Umer Saleem, Muhammad Asjad Zulfiqar, SamreenKhan, Zulfiqar Ali, Waqar Mehmood Pakistan Patent (IPO) 486/2016 --
Application of intelligent agents in health-care: review Sajid Iqbal, Wasif Altaf, Muhammad Aslam, Waqar Mahmood, Muhammad Usman Ghani Khan accepted for publication in Artificial Intelligence Review, (), 1-30
Open Education Educational Resources usage Trends among University Students of Pakistan Shams, S., Haq, M. A. and Waqar, Y. 3rd e-Learning and Distance Education Conference 2016, Lahore, Pakistan. (URL: http://eldec.vu.edu.pk).
2015
Energy Efficient Green Routing Protocol for Internet of Multimedia Things Sheeraz A. Alvi, Ghalib A. Shah, Waqar Mahmood 10th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Sensors, Sensor Networks and Information Processing (IEEE ISSNIP-EWSN 2015), Singapore, Apr. 2015.
Reduction in Building Energy Requirements by Modern Energy Conservation Techniques Waqas Khalid, Imran Ali Shah, Qurat-ul-Ain Mehfooz, Narmeen Irshad, Dr. Waqar Mahmood 2nd International Conference on " Power Generation Systems and Renewable Energy Technologies- 2015​"
Internet of Multimedia Things: Vision and Challenges SheerazAkhtar, Bilal Afzal, Ghalib A. Shah, Luigi Atzori, WaqarMahmood, Ad hoc Networks, Elsevier, 2015.
Novel Schemes for Interference-Resilient MIMO-OFDM Wireless Communication Imran Javed, Asim Loan and Waqar Mahmood International Journal of Communications Systems DOI: 10.1002/dac.3095
2014
Energy Consumption Analysis and Optimization of BER-Constrained Amplify-and-Forward Relay Networks Omer Waqar, Muhammad Ali Imran, Mehrdad Dianati and Rahim Tafazolli IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 63, no. 3, March 2014
2013
?A Multi-Agent System for data collection from power generators and weather stations in heterogeneous environments Shahid M. Awan, Zubair. A. Khan, Abdur Rehman, Waqar Mahmood 38th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IECON 2012)
An Energy-Efficient Anti-jam Cognitive System for Wireless OFDM Communication Imran Javed, Asim Loan and Waqar Mahmood Accepted, Early View Published Online, International Journal of Communications Systems, May 29,2013. (IF=1.12)
Energy Consumption Analysis and Optimization of BER-Constrained Amplify-and-Forward Relay Networks Omer Waqar, Muhammad Ali Imran, Mehrdad Dianati and Rahim Tafazolli IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 63, no. 3, March 2014. (Impact Factor: 2.642).
Time Synchronization for MIMO OFDM WLAN A.Ali, W. Mahmood, I. Javed and I. Ur Rehman, International Journal of Computer and Communication Engineering, Vol. 2, No. 5, September 2013.
Optimal Sampling Strategy For Data Mining A. Ghaffar, M. Shahbaz and W. Mahmood, The Nucleus, August 29, 2013.
2012
A Framework to Manage Application-centric Groups in Selective Code Update Schemes Quratulain Taj, Ali Hammad Akbar, Waqar Mehmood Wireless Sensor Networks
Application of NARX based FFNN, SVR and ANN Fitting models for long term industrial load forecasting and their comparison Shahid M. Awan, Zubair. A. Khan, M. Aslam, Waqar Mahmood, Affan Ahsan 21st IEEE-IES International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE2012) held in Hangzhou, China, from May 28 to May 31, 2012.
Extracting and modeling user interests based on social media Muhammad WasimIram ShahzadiQanita AhmadWaqar Mahmood IEEE Conference
A Multi-Agent system for data collection from power generators and weather stations in heterogeneous environments Shahid M. Awan, Zubair. A. Khan, AbdurRehman, WaqarMahmood  IECON 2012 - 38th Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, 25-28 Oct. 2012.
Handwritten Character Recognition Using Multiclass SVM Classification with Hybrid Feature Extraction MN Ayyaz, I Javed, W Mahmood, Pak. J. Engg. & Appl. Sci. Vol, 2012
2011
Cognitive System for Adaptation of Wi-Max Physical Layer Imran Javed, Waqar Mahmood, Asim Loan International Conference of Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR), 2011 (324-329)
UMagic! The UML Modeler for Text Documents Iram Shahzadi, Waqar Mahmood 3rd International Conference on Information Management and Engineering (IEEE ICIME 2011) to be held in Zhengzhou, China on May 21–22, 2011
Middle Ware as a Service (MaaS): Taming RFID Devices Qanita Ahmed, WaqarMahmood, Imran Sarwar 3rd  International Conference on Machine Learning and Computing (ICMLC 2011) Singapore on February 26–28, 2011.
Smart Device Service Execution Environment: Integrating Smart Devices into Semantic Services Environment Qanita Ahmed, WaqarMahmood, Imran Sarwar 3rd  International Conference on Machine Learning and Computing (ICMLC 2011) Singapore on February 26–28, 2011.
A Technology Road Map for Knowledge Engineering Qanita Ahmed, IramShahzadi, WaqarMahmood, Imran Sarwar 3rd  International Conference on Machine Learning and Computing (ICMLC 2011) Singapore on February 26–28, 2011.
A Comparative Study of Receiver Design for MIMO-OFDM Systems Sohaib Malik, WaqarMahmood. . International Conference on Data Engineering, 2011.
SeekBin: An Automated Tool for Analyzing Thread Level, Speculative Parallelization Potential G. Mustafa, A. Waheed, W. Mahmood 7th IEEE International Conference on Emerging, Technologies (ICET), Islamabad, Pakistan, 2011, pp. 196-201 --
2010
"The Website Census" Internet Technology and Secured Transactions. Abdul Qadeer, Waqar Mahmood, and Abdul Waheed Appeared in 4th International conference for Internet technology and secured transactions, London, UK, --
2009
Optimal Cluster Head Election for Efficient Resource Discovery Mechanism in Wireless Sensor Networks Muhammad Asif Raza, Ali Hammad Akbar, Waqar Mehmood IEEE LCN2009, Switzerland. (A class conference)
Optical Wireless Communication and Recharging Mechanism of Wireless Sensor Network by Using CCR M. I. Afzal, Waqar Mahmood, Sheikh Muhammad Sajid and Shin Seoyong International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology, Volume 13, Page 49-60, December, 2009
Optical wireless recharging model for wireless sensor nodes by using Corner Cube Retroreflectors (CCRs) M. I. Afzal , Shin Seoyong , Waqar Mahmood, S. M. Sajid 2009 International Conference on Hybrid Information Technology, 626-631 , 2009
Optimal Cluster Head Election for Efficient Resource Discovery Mechanism in Wireless Sensor Networks Muhammad Asif Raza, Ali Hammad Akbar, Waqar Mehmood IEEE LCN2009, Switzerland. (A class conference)
An Extensible Infrastructure for Benchmarking Multi-Core Processor based Systems M. H. Jamal, G. Mustafa, W. Mahmood, and A. Waheed In the proceedings of SPECTS'09, Istanbul, Turkey, July 2009. --
Virtual Machine Scalability on Multi-Core Processor based Servers for Cloud Computing Workloads M. H. Jamal, A. Qadeer, A. Waheed, J. Ding, and W. Mahmood Networking, Architecture, and Storage, IEEE International Conference, Hunan, China, July 2009 --
A multipath fading channel simulator based on time series generated by Lorenz chaotic attractor M. Hassan, U. Saeed, W. Mahmood Third International Conference on Electrical Engineering, 2009. ICEE '09 , (1– 5), 2009
2008
Integrating m-learning with e-learning Shahid Islam Wains, Waqar Mahmood Proceedings of the 9th ACM SIGITE conference on Information technology education. October 2008. Cincinnati Ohio.
A Comparative Study of MI Tools: Defining the Roadmap to MI Tools Standardization M. Imran Sarwar, Wasif Tanveer, Imran Sarwar, Waqar Mahmood Proceedings of the 12th IEEE International Multitopic Conference, December 23-24, 2008, Karachi
A Battery Recharge Model for WSNs using Free-Space Optics (FSO) Imran Afzal, Waqar Mahmood, Ali Hammad Akbar EEE INMIC2008, Pakistan.
DRM Enabled P2P File Sharing Architecture: Compensation to Owner, Satisfaction to User Muzammil M. Baig, Waqar Mahmood, Mian Saleem 6th Annual symposium on Learning & Technology "Cyber Citizenship: Vistas and Visions" to be held on 26-27 April 2008 at the Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
A Framework to Manage Application-centric Groups in Selective Code Update Schemes for Wireless Sensor Networks QuratulainTaj, Ali Hammad Akbar, WaqarMehmood  (Submitted).
Hybrid Control and Reservation Architecture for Multi-Domain Burst Switched Network Muhammad A. Raza, W. Mahmood and A. Ali IEEE / OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, Vol. 26, No. 14, pp. 2013-2028, July 15, 2008
2007
Efficient Training Data Reduction for SVM based Handwritten Digits Recognition Imran Javed, Muhammad Naeem Ayyaz and Waqar Mehmood International Conference on Electrical Engineering (ICEE 2007), University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan, 2007.
Towards Reliable Communication over WLAN Ahmed Ali Iqbal, Waqar Mahmood International Conference on Information Technology (ITNG'07)
A Robust Technique of Anti Key-Logging using Key-Logging Mechanism, IEEE Muzammil Baig, Waqar Mahmood International Digital Eco System and Technologies Conference DEST 2007, Cairns, Australia, February 2007. --
Dynamic Resource Management in Hybrid Architecture for OBS Control Plane Muhammad A. Raza, W. Mahmood and A. Ali International Conference on Electrical Engineering (IEEE Lahore Chapter) UET, Lahore, April 11-12, 2007. {Cited: Hybrid Control and Reservation Architecture for Multidomain Burst Switched Networks}
2006
Modeling Robotic Swarm Behavior with Collision Avoidance: A Discrete Event System Perspective Waqar Mahmood, Sarosh Hashmi WSEAS Transactions on Systems Issue 5, Volume 5, May 2006
Modeling Complex Emergent Discrete Event Systems: A Case Study in Robotic Swarm Motion Waqar Mahmood, Sarosh Hashmi 8th WSEAS International Conference on Automatic Control, Modeling and Simulation, ACMOS 06, Czech Republic, March 2006
A Matrix based Approach for Modelling robotic Swarm Behavior Sarosh Hashmi, Waqar Mahmood 433-438, ICAI 2006, Las Vegas, USA
New Control Architecture for Optical Burst Switching Networks Muhammad Asif Raza, Waqar Mahmood 10th WSEAS Conference on Communications and Computers, July 2006, 534-326
Improved Security in IEEE 802.11 Wireless LANs, WSEAS Transactions on Communications Fahad Samad, Waqar Mahmood, Arshad Ali, Umar Kalim Issue 12, vol. 5, December 2006
Cluster-based Intrusion Detection (CBID) Architecture for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, AusCERT2006 R&D Stream Program Ejaz Ahmed, Kashan Samad, Waqar Mahmood Information Technology Security Conference, May 2006, Australia. --
A Benchmark for Multi Core Processors based Systems M. Hasan Jamal, Abdul Waheed and Waqar Mahmood 1st International Conference on Open-Source Technologies, Lahore, PAKISTAN, December 2006 --
An Energy Efficient Anti-Jam Cognitive System for Wireless OFDM Communication Imran Javed, Asim Loan, WaqarMahmood, International Journal of Communication System (Submitted).
Manifold: A Benchmark for Multicore Processor based System M. Hasan Jamal, WaheedRehman, WaqarMahmood,  First International Conference on Open Source Technologies, ICOST-2006, Lahore, Pakistan.
Hybrid Control Architecture for Optical Burst Switching Networks? M. A. Raza, W. Mahmood and A. Ali WSEAS Transactions on Communications,Issue 8 August 2006 Vol. 5
A Fuzzy Model Reference Learning Controller Based Direct Field Oriented Control of Induction Machine Rehman, H. Mahmood Engineering of Intelligent Systems, 2006 IEEE International Conference
2005
Optical Interconnect Process Technologies WaqarMahmood, Invited talk , HONET 2005, Islamabad, Pakistan .
MRST: A New Technique For Information Summarization AfnanUllah Khan, Shahzad Khan, WaqarMahmood: . 249-252,The Third World Enformatika Conference, WEC'05, April 27-29, 2005, Istanbul, Turkey ISSN 1305-5313.
Evaluation on fiber boot of optical component by the nbend radius measurement in side pull test Chia-Chen Chang, Zuyuan He, George Senft, NasirAhemd, Erin Sahinci, and WaqarMahmood , IEICE Electronic Express, Vol 2, No. 6, 205-210, Mar. 2005.
Evaluation of Distributed Control Signaling Protocols in GMPLS Ahmad Ali Iqbal, WaqarMahmood, Ejaz Ahmed, KashanSamad, The 4th International Conference on the Optical Internet (COIN 2005), Chongqing, China, May 29 - June 2, 2005
TCP-DR a effective Protocol for Infrastructure Based Wireless Networks Ahmad Ali Iqbal, WaqarMahmood, Ejaz Ahmed, The 2005 International Conference on Wireless Networks (ICWN'05) ISBN: 1-932415-48-3, pp ICWN3055, Las Vegas, USA, June 27-30, 2005
Simplified Clustering Approach for Intrusion Detection in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks KashanSamad, Ejaz Ahmed, WaqarMehmood, 13th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM 2005), Split, Croatia, September 15-17, 2005
A Multi-Priority Application Framework for Heterogeneous Ad Hoc Networks M. Ibrahim Channa, WaqarMahmood, Ahsan Ahmad Chaudhry,Noor Mustafa In the proceedings of First IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies, Islamabad, Paksitan, September 2005.
Mitigating Effects of Routing Inconsistencies on QoS in CDMA 2000 Packet Data Networks Muhammad Adeel, WaqarMahmood, Ahsan Ahmad Chaudhry, In the proceedings of 13th International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks, SoftCOM 2005, Split, Croatia, September 2005. 
A Comparative Analysis of Routing Protocols in GMPLS M. H. Zaidi, WaqarMahmood, Ahmad Ali Muhammad Adeel, SaqibJaved, Ahsan Ahmad Chaudhry Iqbal, To Appear In The First IEEE IFIP International Conference in Central Asia on Internet, Next Generation of Mobile, Wireless and Optical Communications Networks, Bishkik, Kyrgyz Republic, September 2005.
Pre-Scanning and Dynamic Caching for Fast Handoff at MAC layer in 802.11 Wireless LANs Noor Mustafa, WaqarMahmood, Ahsan Ahmad Chaudhry, M. Ibrahim, IEEE International Workshop on Heterogeneous Multi-Hop Wireless and Mobile Networks 2005, Washington, DC, November 2005
Multi-Layer Call Admission Architecture for Assured QoS in CDMA 2000 Packet Data Networks Muhammad Adeel, WaqarMahmood, Ahsan Ahmad Chaudhry, Rizwan Ahmad, To Appear inThird IASTED International Conference on Communication and Computer Networks, CCN 2005, Los Angeles USA, October 2005.
2004
Analysis on the Effects of Fiber End Face Scratches on Return Loss Performance of Optical Fiber Zuyuan He, WaqarMahmood, Erin Sahinci, Nasir Ahmed and Yves Pradieu, Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol 22. No. 12, pp 2749-2754, Dec 2004.
Measurement and modeling of spectral transmission tilt in WDM systems due to stimulated Raman scattering Zuyuan He, Chia-Chen Chang, Jun Bao, WenxinZheng, Erin Sahinci, WaqarMahmood, IEIEC Electronic Express, Sep 2004. 
Multi-layer Custer-based Intrusion Detection Architecture for Mobile Adhoc Networks using Mobile Agents KashanSamad, Ejaz Ahmed, WaqarMahmood,  HONET 2004, Islamabad, Pakistan
Decentralized Intelligent Traffic Control Systems using Peer-Peer Model Hafiz Fahad, Shahzad Khan, WaqarMahmood, 2nd International Conference on Autonomous Robots and Agents 2004 at Massey University, New Zealand.
Transport Layer Performance: Improvement in Infrastructure based Wireless Networks Ahmed A. Iqbal, Ejaz Ahmed, WaqarMahmood,  HONET 2004, Islamabd, Pakistan.
ADAM: A Practical Approach for Detecting Network Anomalies Using PCA Arshad Ali, Modood Ahmad Khan, S. Azam H. Bukhari and WaqarMahmood, NCET 2004, Karachi, Pakistan.
Extensions to the Principal Component Analysis based Network Anomaly Detection using Neural Networks SaiyedAzam H. Bukhari, HammadQureshi, WaqarMahmood, Arshad Ali, FawadNazir, High Capacity Optical Networks and Enabling Technologies 2004, Hotel Marriot-Islamabad, December 28-31, 2004. 
2003
A New Algorithm on PMD Pulse Width Modulation Y. Yang, E. Sahinci, WaqarMahmood,  International Journal on Light and Electron Optics (Optik), 2032170 optik, August 2003.
A New Optimization Algorithm on Pulse-Width Compression Using Polarization Controls Yaguang Yang, Erin Sahinci, WaqarMahmood, IEEE OSA Optical Fiber Communications (OFC) Conference, Atlanta Georgia, 2003.
Evaluation on Fiber Boot of Optical Component by Bead Radius Measurement in Side Pull Test C, Chang, G. Senft, Sahinci E, W. Mahmood., OFC, March 2003, pp. 295-296
2002
Quantification of Scattering From Fiber Surface Irregularities Elena Avram, WaqarMahmood, Murat Ozer, IEEE Journal of Lightwave Technology. Vol 20, No 4, April 2002.
Effects of Fiber Endface Scratches on Return Loss Performance of optical Interfaces Zuyuan He, WaqarMahmood, Erin Sahinci, Nasir Ahmed, and Yves Pradieu, Proceedings of  SPIE, Boston MA, August 2002. 
A Novel Approach to Determine Long Term Performance of Fiber Fusion Splice Protector Chia Chen Chang, Erin Sahinci, Zuyuan He, Yaguang Yang, WaqarMahmood, The 6th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Vol XX, Orlando Florida, July 2002. 
An Optimal Filtering Method, for Fast Fiber Processes Yaguang Yang, WaqarMahmood, Erin Sahinci, Chia Chen Chang, Zuyuan He, The 6th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Vol XX, Orlando, Florida July 2002
Troubleshooting of Fiber Optic Assembly Modules with Optical Reflectometries Zuyuan He, Erin Sahinci, Chia Chen Chang, Yaguang Yang, WaqarMahmood, The 6th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, Vol X, Orlando, Florida July 2002
Level 2 Optical Interface Standard WaqarMahmood,  . IEC SC86B, Work Group 6, optical interconnecting devices and passive components, London, UK March 2002.
2001
Surface Scratch and Pit Analysis on Optical Interfaces WaqarMahmood, Murat Ozer, Elena Avram, SPIE International Symposium on Convergence of IT and Communications. Denver Colarado, August, 2001.
Level 2 Optical Interface Standard WaqarMahmood,  . IEC SC86B, Work Group 6, optical interconnecting devices and passive components, Annapolis USA, March 2001
Level 2 Optical Interface Standard WaqarMahmood IEC SC86B, Work Group 6, optical interconnecting devices and passive components, Florence Italy Oct-01
2000
Level 2 Optical Interface Standard WaqarMahmood, Yves Pradieu, Elena Avram, Andrei Csipkes, . IEC SC86B, Work Group 6, optical interconnecting devices and passive components, Niece France, 2000.
1999
Combined Cutting Stock and Assignment Optimization Based on Genetic Algorithms G. Vachtsevanos, W. Mahmood, P. Wang, 7Th IEEE conference on Emerging Technologies and Facotory Automation Oct 1999, Vol. 1, pp 775-748.
1998
`Intelligent Reconfiguration of Manufacturing Systems based on Fuzzy Objectives WaqarMahmood and George Vachtsevanos, 9th IFAC Symposium on Information Control in Manufacturing, Nancy - Metz, France, 1998.
1997
Automated Piling Detection and Classification of Textile Fabrics Iqbal M. Dar,  WaqarMahmood, George Vachtsevanos  IS&T/SPIE Symposium on Electronics Imaging (EI,97), San Jose CA, 1997
1996
An Operator's Model for Control and Optimization of  Industrial Processes S. Kim, WaqarMahmood and George Vachtsevanos #VALUE!IEEE International Conference on Control Application, Dearborn, Michigan, 1996.
An Intelligent Approach to Modeling and Reconfigurable Control of Manufacturing Systems WaqarMahmood and George Vachtsevanos, 5th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, Kauai, Hawaii, 1996.
A Neuro-Fuzzy Implementation of an Operator’s Model G. Vachtsevanos, S. Kim and W. Mahmood, Proceedings of the International Multidisciplinary Conference on Intelligent Systems: A Semiotic Perspective, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, October 20-23, 1996.
1995
Fuzzy Linguistic Modeling and Control of Manufacturing Systems WaqarMahmood and George Vachtsevanos 4th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, Paris, France, 1995
1994
A Hybrid Analytical/Intelligent Approach to Modeling and Control of DEDS E. W. Kamen, G. Vachtsevanos, A. Doustmohammadi and WaqarMahmood, IEEE Symposium on Computer-Aided Control System Design, Tucson, Arizona, March 1994.